Fintech

JUMO, a fintech platform connecting underserved markets with financial services has been selected for Google’s Launchpad Studio in a move that will...

​Pesapal has integrated Samsung Pay, Apple Pay, FitBit Pay and Google Pay payments on its new tap-and-go, contact-less Sabi M010 terminals in...

African startups have been invited to apply for the Inclusive Fintech 50 competition organized by MetLife Foundation and Visa Inc., in collaboration...

OyaPay, an offline payment and checkout company, which lets users pay merchants with their smartphone by scanning a QR code, has released a timely...

Cellulant, a digital payments provider that reaches 40 million people across 11 African countries has sold a $47.5m stake to the Rise Fund, an...

  Singapore's CredoLab, a mobile-based alternative credit scoring solutions for banks, consumer finance companies, and retailers has raised US$1 million equity round from Walden International to expand internationally. According...

Connecticut Innovations, a U.S. investor in early-stage technology companies has launched VentureClash, its global venture challenge in Nigeria targeting disruptive startups in digital health, fintech,...

Being ambitious is great. However, making that ambition a reality is one of the biggest challenges many people are currently facing. This is not...

Cowrywise is a platform (now includes an app) that allows you to save automatically, right from your bank account. They are a real testament...

Off-grid solar company Pawame has been selected as a semi-finalist for the Innovate for Refugees Competition organized by the MIT Enterprise Forum - Pan-Arab...

Talent development is the single greatest challenge most firms in emerging markets face. To help solve these problems, LeapFrog Investments has launched the LeapFrog Talent...

Direct Pay Online Group (DPO) has mastered the fasted way of growth acquiring already exisiting companies with customers instead of going for the customers...

Kenya's peer-to-peer lending platform Pezesha has unveiled a new feature allowing borrowers to apply for loans via SMS. The firm said the feature will require borrowers...

When I interview founders that have launched a startup in the FinTech sector, I am always eager to know what they view as the...

Big Data as one of the most important digital trends is changing the business environment. Business entities no longer have to undergo the struggle...

Zazu, which began at the Ignite Accelerator as an e-commerce platform for farmers has raised over £200,000 for a 7.51% equity at a pre-money valuation of £2.5m to...

  SolarNow has received a $6 million facility lead by SunFunder with the participation of  responsAbility Investments AG and Oikocredit to expand their pay-as-you-go or solar lease offerings to reach more...

DFS Lab, a fintech accelerator funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is accepting applications for their third fintech bootcamp, which will be...

Financial inclusion and telecommunications expert Topy Muga is one of the TechWomen emerging women leaders in Africa. In fact, The techie is actually a...

Rocket Internet-backed Jumia has launched an online lending programme for its merchants in Kenya, Nigeria, Egypt, Morocco and Ivory Coast helping them borrow loans...

Kenya's Pezesha.com a peer-to-peer micro-lending marketplace for Africa has been selected to participate at the upcoming Blackbox Connect 20 accelerator programme, a two-week residential...

Y Combinator start-up Oolu​, an off-grid solar companies in Senegal has raised $3.2m led by ​Persistent Energy Capital (PEC), and was joined by ​Y...

    Africa has experienced a rampant rise of inventions and startups that have gone a long way from the minds of inventors to disrupting the...

Direct pay Online Group has revamped its little known payments app Dumapay pairing the card reader and the merchants’ phone using Bluetooth to help...

Digital money transfer firm WorldRemit has partnered with Morocco-based financial services firm Wafacash to scale up instant money transfers across West and Central Africa. The...

With the advent of Internet of Things, data is one of the most important assets in the world yet its not covered by standard...

  Kenya's Maisha Microfinance Bank has partnered with Airtel Money to launch M-Fanisi – a savings and loan mobile money solution targeted at Airtel Money...

Mobile financial services firm Branch has confirmed it raised KSh200m through a commercial paper arranged by Kenya's Nabo Capital as TechMoran had earlier reported. The...

Tunisian online finance news startup Ilboursa.com has raised $400,000 to expand to its news offerings in the MENA region and eventually expand to Kenya &...

Afrinsure is a new online insurance insurance comparison site and marketplace in Kenya promising its users a huge inventory of insurance covers to...